| Date: |
December 3, 2009 |
"Medics trying to deliver tactical care under fire in Iraq is part of the virtual reality, modeling and simulation happening at the annual training and simulation conference at the Orange County Convention Center..." |
| Publication: |
WESH Channel 2 News Orlando |
| Title: |
Orlando Hosts High-Tech Simulator Conference |
| Reference: |
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| Date: |
December 2, 2009 |
"As U.S. sends more soldiers to Afghan war, demand for speedy, detailed training schemes expected to rise..." |
| Publication: |
Orlando Sentinel |
| Title: |
Surge in Defense Simulation |
| Reference: |
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| Date: |
December 2, 2009 |
"One impressive new product now transitioning from the tactical to training realms is the Tactical Digital Hologram (TDH), highlighted in the PEO STRI exhibit (Booth 101, 501, 2033)..." |
| Publication: |
ShowDaily |
| Title: |
Tactical Holograms Move from Battlefield to Training |
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| Date: |
December 2, 2009 |
"It looks real inside the medical simulation center. Army soldiers are firing their guns. People are injured and soldiers need to take action..." |
| Publication: |
Central Florida News 13 |
| Title: |
Train Like A Soldier At Simulation Show |
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| Date: |
December 1, 2009 |
"Simulators at Orange County Convention Center are being used to help train troops..." |
| Publication: |
Local 6 News Orlando |
| Title: |
'Virtual Warzone' Created In Orlando To Train Troops |
| Reference: |
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| Date: |
December 2009 |
"Best of all, pilots, tank commanders, or ship-drivers can practice responding to a malfunction without risking a crash. 'Live training is still a dangerous endeavor,' says Roger Smith, chief technology officer of the Army's Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation. 'In real life, you have an accident and flip your vehicle over. Planes crash..." |
| Publication: |
U.S. Naval Institute |
| Title: |
Simulation: The (Almost) Real Thing |
| Reference: |
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| Date: |
November 30, 2009 |
"Thousands of people have pulled together the latest technology and systems to create the world's largest modeling and simulation conference..." |
| Publication: |
YouTube |
| Title: |
I/ITSEC 2009 Now Open |
| Reference: |
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| Date: |
November 2009 |
"Lt. Col. Mike Newell, product manager for aviation and command tactical trainers at the Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI), says the U.S. military first began using simulators to protect its equipment investments..." |
| Publication: |
National Guard Magazine |
| Title: |
Serious Gaming |
| Reference: |
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| Date: |
November 8, 2009 |
"Jimmy Johnson jumps in a MRAP rollover simulator..." |
| Station: |
NFL on FOX |
| Title: |
Jimmy Rolls Over |
| Reference: |
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| Date: |
October 15, 2009 |
"San Diego-based Cubic received the contract through a foreign-military-sales program led by the Orlando-based Army Program Executive Office for simulation and training technology..." |
| Publication: |
Orlando Sentinel |
| Title: |
Army's Orlando agency taps Cubic Corp. for Jordanian arms training |
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| Date: |
October 9, 2009 |
"The Army even has an office dedicated to 'harvesting' such entertainment tech: The U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation, or PEO-STRI. The office is located in central Florida - not coincidentally, in the vicinity of Disney World - which has become one of the world's centers for virtual reality tech..." |
| Publication: |
Variety Magazine |
| Title: |
Military getting help from showbiz |
| Reference: |
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| Date: |
October 2009 |
"Established to integrate the live, virtual and constructive (LVC) training services at permanent and temporary installations worldwide, the U.S. Army's Warfighter FOCUS (Field Operations Customer Support) contract programme is designed to offer a high degree of flexibility in training provided to U.S. personnel and coalition partners..." |
| Publication: |
Jane's Defence |
| Title: |
FOCUS on Training: Integrated Approach is Yielding Positive Results for U.S. Army |
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| Date: |
September 10, 2009 |
"The U.S. Army Engineers School at Fort Leonard Wood is responsible for training the Department of Defense's construction equipment operators. In the past, the large volume of students and limited number of loaders meant students had long wait times before climbing into a loader cab..." |
| Publication: |
Guidon |
| Title: |
Engineers Add to Virtual Trainers |
| Reference: |
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| Date: |
September 3, 2009 |
"A $1.1 million simulator will help Soldiers assigned to the three Stryker combat brigades based here make the most of their time before they deploy to combat by this fall..." |
| Publication: |
Orlando Sentinel |
| Title: |
Stepped-up Afghan War brings New Work for Local Military Contractors |
| Reference: |
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| Date: |
August 2009 |
"Many of those younger Soldiers believe they already have first-hand knowledge and experience in operating the first-person simulation game Virtual Battlespace 2, located in Skidgel Hall, that is a part of the Fort Knox Battle Command Training Center..." |
| Newscast: |
The Turret, Fort Knox |
| Title: |
Battle Command Training Center teaching through vehicle gaming |
| Reference: |
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| Date: |
July 31, 2009 |
"Both simulators demand the physical and mental fortitude of the service members by requiring them to break free of seatbelts and other obstacles, maintain communication, get all passengers out safely, and emerge from the vehicle without compromising security, Villaverde said..." |
| Newscast: |
DVIDS |
| Title: |
Combat Center Tumbles With First MRAP Trainer in U.S. |
| Reference: |
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| Date: |
July 15, 2009 |
"Northwest Vista College introduces their AVOTEC program designed for our men and women in the service! Hector Rocha, who has an Associate's Degree from NVC was interviewed and showed scenes of the VCCT..." |
| Newscast: |
Great Day SA Military Show |
| Title: |
An Education For Soldiers! |
| Reference: |
Click to View |
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| Date: |
June 17, 2009 |
"To meet the demand for qualified drivers of Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles, the Army is putting warfighters behind the wheel of a virtual MRAP..." |
| Newscast: |
Pentagon Channel |
| Title: |
Virtual MRAPs |
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| Date: |
June 11, 2009 |
"A $1.1 million simulator will help Soldiers assigned to the three Stryker combat brigades based here make the most of their time before they deploy to combat by this fall..." |
| Publication: |
The News Tribune |
| Title: |
New Simulator Trains Stryker Troops |
| Reference: |
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| Date: |
June 11, 2009 |
"The first Advanced Gunnery Training System for the Stryker Mobile Gun System was unveiled June 5 at Fort Lewis' Battle Command Training Center by Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation and the Lockheed Martin Corporation..." |
| Publication: |
Northwest Guardian |
| Title: |
Stryker unit gives new gunnery training system first Army-wide test run |
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| Date: |
May 28, 2009 |
"With the MRAP being the most sought after vehicle in combat zones, the Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation (PEO-STRI) was tasked to develop a trainer to teach Soldiers how to get out of a MRAP in the event of a rollover. The MET is very similar to the HMMWV Egress Assistance Trainer (HEAT) that RRAD also produces..." |
| Newscast: |
Army News |
| Title: |
RRAD Heads-Up MET Production |
| Reference: |
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| Date: |
May 11, 2009 |
"By the end of June, MET systems will spread to 20 locations, including 13 camps in Iraq and six in Afghanistan, said Bill Huggins, the project manager for Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation in Southwest Asia..." |
| Publication: |
Army News |
| Title: |
Army fields new MRAP rollover trainers |
| Reference: |
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| Date: |
April 20, 2009 |
"This was a successful effort between Government (Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training, & Instrumentations - PEO STRI) and Industry (Vcom3D) to support the Warfighter..." |
| Publication: |
Defense Ventures |
| Title: |
Military Adopts Apple Platform |
| Reference: |
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| Date: |
April 18, 2009 |
"A new program, Vcommunicator, is now being issued to soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. It produces spoken and written translations of Arabic, Kurdish and two Afghan languages..." |
| Publication: |
Newsweek |
| Title: |
Apple's New Weapon |
| Reference: |
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| Date: |
April 2009 |
"The U.S. Army's newest training field manual includes a section on gaming that represents a watershed for the training and simulation community. For the first time, gaming is included as a training tool alongside the traditional live, virtual and constructive environments. It's no longer just LVC: Think LVCG..." |
| Publication: |
Training and Simulation Journal |
| Title: |
War gaming:Serious games meet military's demand for immersive learning |
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| Date: |
April 2009 |
"The IG's purpose in a visual display system is to depict a training environment as realistically as possible while meeting the training requirements. IGs play a key role in creating a positive training experience for the trainee..." |
| Publication: |
Image Generator Developments |
| Title: |
Military Training Technology |
| Reference: |
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| Date: |
2009 |
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| Publication: |
PEO STRI Programs Guide |
| Title: |
Military Training Technology |
| Reference: |
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| Date: |
April 21, 2009 |
"The company received a multi-year MILES contract in 2005 from the Army's simulation training agency in Orlando..." |
| Publication: |
Orlando Sentinel |
| Title: |
Cubic Corp.'s Orlando unit receives $20 million deal for "laser-tag" training |
| Reference: |
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| Date: |
April 14, 2009 |
"The Army's training-contract agency awarded deals worth an estimated $2.5 billion last year amid a major expansion of its operations. When the Army established its own staff, it took over hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts that had been managed for it by the Navy agency..." |
| Publication: |
Orlando Sentinel |
| Title: |
Orlando-area training companies rank high in getting Navy contracts |
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| Date: |
April 13, 2009 |
"Training around seven-hour school days that require another several hours of study or homework can be hard on the students here who have to keep up with not only their academic work but their tactical prowess. So the Army brings in the next best thing, simulators. For the Presidio of Monterey and DLI, they are the Engagement Skills Trainer (EST)..." |
| Publication: |
Army News |
| Title: |
Simulators always valuable in military training |
| Reference: |
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| Date: |
Spring 2009 |
"The JMTC's state-of-the-art Medical Simulation Training Center (MSTC) is designed to help Soldiers complete Combat Medic Advanced Skills and Combat Life Saver training..." |
| Publication: |
Joint Multinational Training Command Journal |
| Title: |
Medical Simulation Center Brings Life-Saving Skills to Grafenwoehr |
| Reference: |
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| Date: |
Spring 2009 |
"Since Soldiers trapped in an overturned HMMWV are easy targets for the enemy during combat, more than 570 U.S. and Coalition Soldiers were trained using the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) Egress Assistance Trainer (HEAT)..." |
| Publication: |
Joint Multinational Training Command Journal |
| Title: |
Training HEATs up in Romania and Bulgaria during JTF-E JMTC Exercises Tools to Improve Soldier Skills |
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| Date: |
Spring 2009 |
"The bottom line -- with a little creativity and some solid planning, any unit can meet their training requirements at Grafenwoehr Training Area..." |
| Publication: |
Joint Multinational Training Command Journal |
| Title: |
You will have a blast on Range 211 IED Lane |
| Reference: |
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| Date: |
March 25, 2009 |
"Senior Airman Raymond Banks guides a 60k loader into position to load a Mine-Resistant, Ambush-Protected egress simulator here March 20. The simulators are used to train deployed military members how to egress out of a MRAP that has overturned..." |
| Publication: |
Charleston Air Force Base News |
| Title: |
Mine-Resistant, Ambush-Protected egress simulator |
| Reference: |
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| Date: |
March 10, 2009 |
"Senior Airman Raymond Banks guides a 60k loader into position to load a Mine-Resistant, Ambush-Protected egress simulator here March 20. The simulators are used to train deployed military members how to egress out of a MRAP that has overturned…" |
| Publication: |
The Virginian-Pilot |
| Title: |
For The Men And Women Who Play It, This Game Is No Game |
| Reference: |
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| Date: |
March 10, 2009 |
"The U.S. Army has extended a contract with Lockheed Martin to buy a second lot of Reconfigurable Vehicle Simulators (RVS) and Reconfigurable Vehicle Tactical Trainers (RVTT)..." |
| Publication: |
Training and Simulation Journal |
| Title: |
U.S. PEO STRI buys second round of vehicle simulators |
| Reference: |
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| Date: |
March 2009 |
"Executives at the U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) in Orlando, Fla., have committed $17.5 billion over the next decade to simulation, training, and mission-rehearsal products and services for military personnel..." |
| Publication: |
Military & Aerospace Electronics |
| Title: |
DOD sets decade-long spending plan of $17.5 billion for simulation and training technologies |
| Reference: |
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| Date: |
February 2009 |
"The action going on in these trailers might sound like real combat operations, but actually it's virtual reality..." |
| Newscast: |
Air Force News |
| Title: |
Virtual Combat Convoy Trainer |
| Reference: |
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| Date: |
February 2009 |
"With technology modernizing our daily lives, so too does it effect the modern battlefield..." |
| Newscast: |
Air Force News |
| Title: |
Live, Virtual, Constructive Training |
| Reference: |
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| Date: |
February 2009 |
"Live, virtual constructive training is a relatively new way to get the most out of wartime preparation..." |
| Newscast: |
Delaware National Guard |
| Title: |
Close Combat Tactical Trainer |
| Reference: |
Click to View |
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| Date: |
February 2009 |
"new $182,000 simulator gave a handful of trainers from across the state the rides of their lives. The HMMWV Egress Assistance Trainer allows Soldiers to go through various vehicle roll-over scenarios and practice getting out..." |
| Publication: |
Delaware National Guard |
| Title: |
River Road Training Site Brings the HEAT |
| Reference: |
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| Date: |
January - March 2009 |
"The work of the ACCP-TF is about shrinking the bubble of risk by providing for more effective management of Army contracted support..." |
| Publication: |
Army AL&T |
| Title: |
A Contracting Campaign Plan for the U.S. Army |
| Reference: |
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